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Google’s Management Doesn’t Use Google+

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Re: Google’s Management Doesn’t Use Google+

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Post by dasil003 »

Yes there might be a good correlation between dogfooding in senior management and great products, but it's not worth shoving a square peg into a round hole to meet this superficial criteria.

The reason Facebook and Twitter executives use their respective services is because that is the core product from the very beginning. Google+ on the other hand is a tertiary product. Just because management realizes they need a foothold in social doesn't mean that they should forcibly try to transmute themselves into the target market. Instead they should have people in charge of the product that care enough to use it naturally, and I think that's what they're doing.

Re: Google’s Management Doesn’t Use Google+

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Post by degusta »

natasham25 wrote: post #26

This is an opportunity for the Google leadership to be leaders not only in their company but outside of it by contributing their knowledge and lessons learned to the public. Unfortunately, they are not taking this leadership opportunity, since most of the posts from Larry Page and Sergey Brin are from their amazing adventures and travels, which shows that they themselves don't understand the real power of social medi…

(I'm the author) That's a really good observation re the content of the founders' posts, especially Mr. Brin's.

Re: Google’s Management Doesn’t Use Google+

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Post by degusta »

gojomo wrote: post #36

Why, next you'll tell me Zynga execs don't play Farmville, and TV execs don't watch reality shows!

(I'm the author) Actually, I would tend to think that TV execs do watch their reality TV programs & even suspect Zynga execs have at least played a bit of Farmville, and certainly should if it's their company's biggest initiative of the year. But I do think the eat-your-own-dogfood applies more in some businesses than others, as jonmc12 pointed out below. Though Google+ is one where it certainly could apply - not exactly steel beams or something.

Re: Google’s Management Doesn’t Use Google+

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Post by joshu »

blantonl wrote: post #28
vessenes wrote: post #9

Earlier quoted context omitted.

In fact, this was one of the main use-cases G+ hammered on when it launched. That said, I believe G+ has public-facing benefit. It would be nice to see honchos above Vic Gundotra using it publicly.

Marissa Mayer actively uses G+, publicly.

Vic is higher in the org, I think

Re: Google’s Management Doesn’t Use Google+

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Post by [deleted] »

blantonl wrote: post #28
vessenes wrote: post #9

Earlier quoted context omitted.

In fact, this was one of the main use-cases G+ hammered on when it launched. That said, I believe G+ has public-facing benefit. It would be nice to see honchos above Vic Gundotra using it publicly.

Marissa Mayer actively uses G+, publicly.

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Re: Google’s Management Doesn’t Use Google+

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Post by hosh »

degusta wrote: post #40
hosh wrote: post #25

This article is flawed. It is making an assumption that public posts correlates with private posts. "Further, I think it’s reasonable to assume a correlation between private use & public use: if you were constantly posting things on a service and each time you were given the option to make it public or private, surely sometimes you’d make it public, especially as a somewhat public figure wanting to help your own comp…

(I'm the author). Your last point is very true, and the chart tries to make it very clear it's only talking about public posts. Obviously entirely true that they could be using it purely privately, but I still think is an observation worth making that they're not using it publicly. As far the correlation in general, as I mention in the thread above, these aren't normal people, they're the leaders/overseers of the com…

@degusta Whether these leaders publicly eat their own dogfood or not is a matter of rhetorics and strategy. If that were your thesis and narrative, we would be having a much more interesting conversation.

However, you didn't entitle your article, "Google Management Doesn't Care About Google+" You said, "Google Management Doesn't Use Google+". The former expresses your perception of Google strategy backed by the data you've collected. The latter is merely link bait.

I do congratulate you. The link bait worked.

Re: Google’s Management Doesn’t Use Google+

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Post by DaveMebs »

j_baker wrote: post #27
gallamine wrote: post #12

Earlier quoted context omitted.

However, the author of the article mentioned that Google is saying Google+ is THE future of the company. In that case, everyone should be using it. It's not "just another" product.

However, the author of the article mentioned that Google is saying Google+ is THE future of the company. Just because the author mentioned that doesn't make it true. http://www.oregonlive.com/business/index.ssf/2011/06/googles... The author cites this article, which (ignoring the fact that it is an interview with Google ex -CEO) doesn't even mention Google Plus by name. Personally, I'd say that the author's post demo…

Yeah, 'cause it's not like the current CEO has tied every employee's bonus to Google's success in social, regardless of whether or not they work on the product...

Oh, wait.

http://www.businessinsider.com/larry-page-just-tied-employee...

Re: Google’s Management Doesn’t Use Google+

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Post by djacobs »

shareme wrote: post #7

The author is wrong..there is a Google+ sandbox and I am told that Google management is in fact using Google+ through that from Google insiders..

The internal Google+ network is huge and bustling. My Google friends who use it say that comparatively, the public version is very dead.
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